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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
A Device for Driving Poles.

To drive stake or short pole into the
ground by striking the top with heavy
hammer or sledge is an easy matter, but
when the pole is a long one other means
must be employed. Long poles, such as
hop poles, for instance, are generally set
by the tedious process of making hole
with a crowbar and forcing the pole in as
one best can An improved process is the
following: Take block of hard wood
about foot long and five inches square at
top and bottom; hollow out one side of it
little, 80 as to fit against the pole; bevel
off the other side, to make the block very
thin at the bottom, /. e., wedge shaped,
and drive a staple in this side. Holding
the block against the pole, wind trace
chain around both and hook it on. Then
strike with sledge or AK upon the block.
The pole will be driven firmly into the
ground
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
OF Interest to Silk Growers.

In recent circular Commissioner Col
man calls attention to the fact that at the
last session of congress additional appro-
priations for continuing the work of the
national department for the establishment
of silk culture in the United States were
made. Under the provision of this act
will be continued the experiments in silk
reeling in Washington, and the depart
ment will purchase the cocoons necessary
therefor on terms specified in circular, a
copy of Which will be forwarded on writ
ten application to any silk grower inter-
ested. This circular contains in addition
to directions for shipping cocoons, etc.,
advice about the sitting of cocoons, SUBJ
ject on which amateurs are sadly ignor-
ant. Address ''The Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, Washington, D. c."
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Disabled Great Men,

The Emperor William is suffering from
advanced senility; the crown prince from
laryngeal papilloma and Bismarck from
rheumatism; Mr.. Gladstone has catarrhal
troubles of his respiratory organs; Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach has cataracts; Mr..
Parnell has some unknown malady which
makes him an invalid; Lord Randolph
Churchill married an American lady,
and has the American disease, neuras-
thenia; Mr.. Blaine is reported to be a
brightique; Mr.. Manning is hemiplegic;
President Cleveland is rheumatic and
ipomatosic; the emperor of Russia is
suffering from mental depression; Mr..
Jacob Sharp is reported to he diabetic,
while DR.. McGlynn and Mr. Editor
O'Brien are not as well as they should
be.-Medical Record.
Ex-Empress Carlotta's Condition.
According to The St. James Gazette
there has lately been some improvement
in the condition of the ex-Empress Car
lotta of Mexico. A young Austrian
lady who has been acting as her dame de
compagnie for some time past, and who
happens to be an accomplished musician,
sat down at the piano few evenings
ago after the empress had retired to her
apartments for. the night, and played,
among other things, the Mexican national
hymn. Just as she was finishing the last
bars the empress suddenly appeared at
the door Of the room. She gave pierre
ing cry, uttered her husbands name, and
fell senseless on the floor. This is the
first indication which she has given for
several years of any "reminiscences of the
terrible catastrophe which cost her the
loss of reason; and her physicians base
favorable anticipations on the Incident
New York Tribune.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29

THE CONCORD GRAPE AND ITS ORIGINATOR.
The grapes generally cultivated at the
time the Concord was introduced were the
Isabella, and in some few localities the
Catawba. The. grape, owing to rot, mil
dew, etc., was considered very uncertain
fruit, and not until the advent Of the Con-
cord was it proven that grapes could be
grown in the northern states. While not
up to the present standard as to quality,
the Concord comes more nearly to thriv-
ing everywhere and under all conditions
than any other variety, fact that ex-
plains its popularity.
The American Agriculturist, for which
the above cut was originally drawn, says
that popularity of the Concord is that
the farther west it is grown from the
place of its origin the better it is. As
many readers already know, the Concord
was a chance Seeding of wild grape
found by Mr.. Bull in his New England
home. Being of superior quality he
sowed the seeds of this, and one of the
seedlings proving to be of promise, he
christened it Concord, in honor Of his
home, and proceeded to cultivate 1t.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29

Plymouth, femigewasset House Tuesday, June 90.
Lisbon Hotel, Thursday, June 80, forenoon.
Bl.dond at rdaT afternoon
Oxford Hotel, Saturday July q, until noon.
Congh, HemorrAags, LING .Dtsease.-Mrs A. L.
Dr. Gage her and she IS now
geo andwe L. G. Boutwell,, Montpelier, VT, very
low with lung disease DR. Gage cured him and did not
years and she has had no hemorrhages since.
Female Complaints, Ovariam TMmors, etc.-'sMy
wife had been treated year and half by Of Con
treatment until her health almost ruined. Dr. Gage
cured her efectuay by his and pleasant treatment
Oliver Pelren, Concord, N. H."
VII Mrs. VIM. Baldwin, St. Johnsbury, VT, cured Of
falling ovarian rritat n, liberation. for years,
Until nearly wreck, Dr. Gage cured her without the
DISCUS ting local treatment. Mrs. Mary Smith, East
Gambia, n H. cared Of an ovarian tunior large
Cancers, Hamoys, etc.-Alvn Bruce of Williams
vile had cancer on his face Under Dr. Cages
tr-atmentit has disappeared G. Ambrose Londonderry
N. H. cured Of cancer on his lip F. NJ Dole North.
field, VT, cured Of cancer on his nose.
Terrific Disease of the Blood and Bone-"My wife
had terrible ulcers from her knee to her foot and had
no .raes q disease on Webber
N. H., p. O. Bedford, N. H."
CataryA, Deafness, Dischargixg Ears,-"Dr.
Buttrick, Londonderry, N. H." Mary A. Baldwin,
Keene, N. H., deafness and discharging ears cured.
Miss M. J. Barnet, Walpole, N: H., aged 10 had
tarrh ana very deaf; cured and can hear whisper.
Amos Young, Derry Depot, N. H., Lucrative catarrh
had eaten hole through roof of mouth, cured.
Cov<rsd witA LtcAixg,, Burning, 1iseAarg1ng Hin
moys-"My son was helpless in bed with terrible hui
which covered the entire body. Dr. Gage has
Cd him. He also cured me of serious difficulty, c.
w. Bean, Brentwood, N. H.
FyigssJiR bleeding from the Kidxeys.-"I was so
low with kidney disease and had such fghtul hemor
rhages that my physician gave hope and abandon
ID my As last resort my consulted DR. Gage
who remedies without seeing which have effect
d cure. have not been so well for IS years. DR..
Levi Dodge, Waterford, VT"
Heart Disease. Debility, etc.-Lillie Williams 81
Elliott St. Bratteboro, VT, confined her bed with
heart difficulty. A remarkable re overy, Many other
Eases given.
Blisdness, Sore Eyes, etc.-"I had scrofuous opth-
lhalma and my sight was very poor. DR.. Gage cured
ne so read fine print. Addie Cooper Keene, N.
4. my daughter was blind. DR.. Gage cured her.
Nathaniel Williams, Senters block Manchester, N. H.
Spinal Disease Csyed and Gained IS Ponnds-G.
}. Appleton, ESQ.,, Of Burlington, the we'll known tick
4 agent at the depot says he has relative that
helpless with spinal disease that Dr. Gage has cured
he has gained rs pounds.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29

HOV ONDEhuROOND DhAANo AL.
when a heavy rainfall continues for somo
days, the porous subsoil above the tiles
becomes filed to higher point, and the
volume of water increases. If the tiles
are small in proportion to the water they
must carry away the water fills up above
them, and when running full they cannot
keep the level down. In many eases
where the tiles are small the porous earth
is filled entirely to the surface, and several
days are required after the rain ceases to
allow the drains to reduce it. Three or
four feet of porous earth will hold
great amount of water, and drink up q
heavy rain like sponge, giving it out
sidewise into the drains at it's leisure.
experience, with balky animals: First
Pat tie horse on the neck, examine him
carefully, first on one side and then the
other;' if you can get him handful of
grass give it to him. Then jump into the
wagon and give the word to go, and he will
generally obey. Second-Taking the
horse out of the shafts and turning him
around in circle until he is giddy will
generally start him. Third-Another
way to cure balky horse is to place your
hand over his nose and shut off his wind
until he wants to go. Fourth-Then,
again, take u couple Of turns Of stout
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Toads Enjoying Cooked vIctu.l..

Said citizen: 1.-THE other evening I
crossed the Bushlsill bridge at Fourth
street, and noticing a number of toads
under the electric light at that place
watched them moment and saw they
were catching flies. The globe of the
light was broken and the millers and
flies flying into the lamp had their wings
singed and dropped down. have since
heard that in the quiet streets it is not
unusual to see toads catching flies under
the lamps. have noticed also that when
the lineman comes along to recarbon the
lamps he brushes away thousands of in.
sects that during the night before flew
into the lamps and were killed. "-Easton
Express.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Underground Drains.


Water has tendency to seek the lowest
level and to do so by the most direct route
available. Rain falling on hill of corn,
midway between two rows of tile, does
not CO. as some imagine, in diagonal di-
rection, along the line A in the illustra-
ton, to the tile
The tile, explains Prairie Farmer, has
no attraction for the water, which obeys
the law of gravitation, and goes down.
ward, as shown by the vertical dotted
lines. Suppose that the soil represented
in the engraving held water at the sur
face, previous to laying tiles, and that tho
tiles are sixty feet apart The water fill
ing the soil above and between the rows
of tile will gradually seep toward the
tiles, enter at openings between them, and
flow off. The excess of water will thus
flow off to the level of the water in tho
tiles, except that there will be rise of
the water line toward the center between
the drains. This water line is represented
by the curved line B. The difference be-
tween the soil above and below the line B
with air, while below they arc filled
face of the wet subsoil, or the plane
UCCWCcu VIIC WdCCI AOSSCu 1ASa dioOAS pAl v
of the subsoil, is at B. Rain water,
melted snow, etc., which enters this
drained soils pcrcolates directly down.
ward, and raises the level of tho water
line. The water escapes into the tiles by
flowing in horizontal direction. That
nearest the tiles flows in just as water
runs over the edge of dish.
There is general impression that water
enters the tiles from the top, while in
fact it enters mainly from the sides and
bottom, since only that which enters tho
soil Immediately over the tiles goes down
ward into the tiles, the rest all flowing in
lat9rally. It is claiPed. that where the
tile is entirely submerged, most Of the
water enters from below tho middle.
When only moderate rain falls, tho
water level will be only slightly raised,
and the volume Of water flowing through
tho tiles only slightly increased. But
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Soft soap Wash for Trees.

Professor Lazcuby, Of Columbus O.,
approves of soft soap wash for trees. He
says: ~ am acquainted with an orchard
of fifteen apple trees, now 20 years old,
that has been regularly and systematically
treated to q wash Of soft soap about May
20 and again June 20 each year. Less
than half dozen borers have been found
in this orchard, and the trees are all in o
thrifty, vigorous condition. In neighbor-
ing orchards, where this precaution has
not been taken, the trees have been killed
by scores, while many that remain are so
much injured as to be worthless. Lye IS
sometimes used in the place Of. soap, but
the latter is much more effective pre-
ventive. It can be readily applied with
an old broom. Besides making the tree
obnoxious to the borer, the soap keeps tho
bark in healthy condition. This remedy
may be applied to all trees or shrubs liable
to be attacked.N #-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
OF Interest to Wool Growers.

On the subject of washing wool The
Wool journal says more than nine-tenths
of the domestic clip now comes to market
unwashed The quotations are mostly
made for unwashed wool. Shrinkages
are more accurately estimated on wool in
its natural state than when it has been
washed. There is no uniform standard
among growers as to how much or how
little it shall be washed. So it happens
that miscellaneous lot of washed wool
$50 called, collected in any of the sections
where the old practice of sheep washing
still prevails, varies SO widely in condi-
ton that anything like a correct estimate
of the shrinkage Of the entire lot is impos-
sible. 1t is little better than guessing to
buy such lot at stated price per pound.
The well washed wool generally sells the
half washed lots.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Did Halleok Arrest Grant,

After the capture of Fort Donelson, Gen.
Grant went to Nashville (where he had sent
Nelson's division), as he AYERS in his memoirs,
for the purpose Of comforting with Gen.
Buell., whose advance also occupied that city.
Halleck reported to Mcclellan, then COM
mander in chief, that Grant was absent from
his command, which was lin worse state Of
decentralization than the Army Of the Poto-
mac after Bull Rum" Mcclellan gave his
consent to Gen. Grants arrest. but it does not
appear that the arrest was ever made After
some correspondence between Grant and Hal.
leck, the matter was dropped.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
A Word About a vile Habit.

More and more do the streets of New
York flow, not with blood, but with
saliva. Its ejaculation, variously tine
tured with tobacco, ETC., seems to be a
favorite manifestation of vulgarity and
offensiveness. In a memorial recently
addressed to the mayor by the Ladies'
Health Protective association-a docu-
ment that has already borne fruit in the
matter of garbage collection-it is
modestly asked if it would be Objectionable
for tie association to place signs about the
city, requesting the avoidance of expec-
toration on the sidewalks" We do not
know what answer Mr.. Hewitt made to
the question, or whether he made any, but
we earnestly hope that this characteristic
American nuisance may be mitgiated in
some wav.-N. Y. Medical Journal.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Give Them a Chance!

That is to say, your lungs. Also all your
sages but jhe thousa IDS Of llittl4 tubes and
cavities Leading from them.
When these are clOgged and choked with
matter which ought not to be there, your
lungs cannot half do their work. And
what they do, they, cannot do well.
Call it cold, cough, Group, pneumonia, ca
tarrh, consumption or any Of the family of
throat and nose and head and lung obstruc-
tons. all are bad. All ought to be got rid
Of There is just one sure way to get rid of
them. That is to take Boschee's German
Syrup, which any druggist will sell you at
IS cents a bottle. Even if everything else
has failed you, you may depend upon this
for certain.
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FIG. l-KING BEAN CANE.

Take pine board ten by eighteen inches in
size and mark it out in circles Of about two
inches in diameter, as represented in the
chart. Half the board should be blackened,
as indicated, and the circles colored white.
The other half the board should be white, and
the circles in it colored light blue or red.
Then make two darts, about six inches long,
out of pine wood, with feather at one end
and needle at the other. Soak a number Of
split beans in water until they are quite soft,
and place one in every circle. Attach .
thread to each Of the beans you place in the
circles marked "King Beam"
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Important Points in Patoto Culture.

After many years of experimenting, a
correspondent of Live Stock Journal
gives utterance to the following conclu-
sions: 1st. Whole potatoes will produce
a crop a week or ten days earlier than
those which are divided. I'd. Small pota-
toes will produce as good, if not bet
ter, results than large ones. Sd. The
seed end is the better one to plant because
it starts with more vigor and produces
more and larger potatoes. 18th. A large
piece is better on ordinary soil than small
pieces or eyes, 9th. Potatoes with
sprouts long enough to break off in plant
ing are not so good as those with eyes
advanced just enough to indicate vigor.
9th. The form cannot, as a rule, be
changed by planting in any particular
form. 7th. Two distinct varieties won't
mix In the same hill. 8th. F,he more we
investigate the scab the less we know
about it.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29

tw.nc around the fore legs, Just below the
knee, tight enough for tho horse to feel Il;
tic In u bow knot; at the first click he will
probably go. dancing of. After going a
short distance you can get out and remove
tho string to prevent injury to the ten
lons. Fifth-Again, you can try the fol-
lowing: Take the tail Of the horse be-
tween the hind legs and tie 1t by cord to
tho saddle girth. SiXth-Tie q string
around the horses eur, close to the head;
this will divert his attention and stars
him Nt
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
Frogs and TadpOles,

The old frogs spend the winter in the mud.
In early spring they come forth from their
hiding places and during the month of April
their eggs are to be seen floating on stagnant
ponds, where they appear like masses of white
jelly. In due time there energies from this
jellylike mass gradually, but surely, family
of tadpoles. First the heads appear, then
the tails and finally the completed tadpoles.
And now begins the transformation that
changes tadpole to frog. The body of
the tadpole grows broader, the tail becomes
thinner and thinner until it disappears en-
tirely, and in its stead come two hind legs.
Soon the fore legs make their appearance,
and in short time all semblance Of the tad
pole is lost in the fully developed frog.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
FIG. 2-DARr FOR KING BEAN GAME.

FIG. 2|DART FOR KING BEAN GAME.
To play the game, the two players now
seat themselves on opposite sides OF table on
which they have placed the bean board, each
holding dart in one hand and string at
tached to the nearest king bean in the other.
Having decided which IL to play first each
player in turn shoots his dart at his adver-
sary's beans; all the beans on the dark half of
the board belonging to the player whose
King Bean Is on that side, and all the beans
on the light half belonging to the other
player. Il q
When player spears an adversarys bean
so that 1t can be carried of the board on the
point Of the dart, he counts the number
marked on the circle from which it was
taken. II be misses, he counts nothing, and
if he strikes on his own ground, instead Of
his opponents, he loses five; that is to say,
five Is deducted from bis score. When a
player spears bis opponents king bean he
counts 100. But player, II he thinks his ad-
versary is trying to spear his king bean, may
pull it away by the thread. II, however, he
pulls it away on false alarm before the
other shoots, or when the dart strikes within
one Of the other circles, he loses five; that is,
five is deducted from his score. But il the
dart strikes within the king bean circle, or il
it strikes in the space between the circles, but
not on the players half of the board, neither
counts 1t is the object Of each player to
mislead his opponent on this point and make
his adversary believe he is about to attack
the latter's king bean, when, in reality, he is
aiming at something else. Whoever first
scores 10 wins the game
Small counters OF felt or stout cloth can be
used instead OF beans, and will last mich
longer,
How to Blow Big Soap Bubbles.
The following directions for blowing enor-
nous soap bubbles were found in letter to
Harper's Young Folks: II want to tell your
readers how to blow very large soap bubbles.
have never heretofore seen any blown except
by means Of the old fashioned clay pine. and
six Or seven inches in diameter are about the
largest bubbles 20 made; but lately, In order
to please my own Ane youngster, commenced
to experiment in bubble blowing. and sur-
prised myself as well as my boy by my won
derful success. I produced some beautiful
ones, fully eighteen inches in diameter, or
four and half feet in circumference. and
sufficiently strong to last several moments
after leaving the instrument Of their manu-
facture. Take good soapsuds, such as ordi-
narily used, and glass lamp chimney, which
should be well soaped around its lower edge.
This lower end should be applied to the suds
A little practice is necessary to become good
blower, and it is best to hold the smaller end
about two or three inches from the mouth, as
larger and stronger bubbles can be so pro-
duced than If the end Of the chimney were
held close to the mouth. A chimney such as
IS used on an Argand lamp is preferred for
The purpose
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
A Sure Thing

There are very few things in this life of
which we may be absolutely certain, but
this is one of them, that DIR. Pierce's pleas
ant Purgative Pellets have no equal as a
cathartic in arrangements of the liver,
and their action is pleasant. Purely vege-
table perfectly harmless. 25 cents vial.
All druggists.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
A Curiosity in Words.

Golden Days calls attention to the fact that
tie five vowels appear in alphabetical order
Il, ''abstemious,n also in the word ''facetious.a
aal ''abstemiously" and ''facetiously" give
Il the y
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Six Ways to Treat Balky Horses.
The following different ways of treating
balky horses have been recommended by
various hOrsemen as efficacious. in their
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
The Dancing Pea.

Take piece of tobacco pipe of about three
inches in length, one end of which, at least,
is broken off even, and with knife or file,
make the hole somewhat larger, so as in fact
to form little hollow cup. Next get very
round pea, put it in the hollow at the end of
the bit of pipe, place the other end of the
latter in your mouth, hold it there quite in a
perpendicular position, by inclining your head
back, and then blow through it very softly;
the pea will be lifted from its cup, and rise
and fall according to the degree of force with
which the breath is impelled through the
pipe.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
ENORMOUS SOAP BUBBLES BLOWN
FROM LAMP CHIMNEYS.

The Game Of "King beam" which May
BE Played by Boys and Girls-How to
Make tho Bean board and Feather
Darts.
"King Bean" an illustration Of which II
here gived, will doubtless prove an entertain
ing game to many readers. st. Nicholas tells
how 1t Is to be played.